Psychiatric Nurse
DuPage County Health Department
Westmont, Illinois
- Eligibility
- Behavioral HealthSubstance Use Disorders
- Shift and hours
- Days5 shifts · 38 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Psych · Behavioral Health
- License
- RN licenseCurrent Registered Nurse license from the State of Illinois
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Current Registered Nurse license from the State of Illinois Check your license
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Below most Illinois staff postingsIllinois staff postings that state pay run $68k/yr to $106k/yr, the middle half $77k/yr to $99k/yr, across 1,661 postings.
Benefits
- 12 paid holidays
- Three weeks of vacation annually
- Paid sick time
- Tuition and certification reimbursement
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- Pension eligibility through Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF)
More benefits (13)
- Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Prescription drug insurance
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Three weeks vacation annually
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- Pension through IMRF
- Federal Student Loan Forgiveness eligibility
The role and schedule
- Weekends
- No weekends
The workplace
You are looking at DuPage County Health Department, a county public-health employer headquartered in Wheaton with satellite sites that have included Lombard and Westmont. Nursing work here is community-facing rather than bedside hospital: Public Health Nurses move between office, clinics,…
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- Can you walk me through differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday, call, and rotation?
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- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Psychiatric Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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Registered Nurse position in Behavioral Health Services department at DuPage County Health Department. Performs nursing and case management activities for clients with behavioral health and substance use disorders including medication refills, collaboration with psychiatric prescribers, lab result reviews, emergency response, administering psychotropic medications, monitoring vital signs, and medication reconciliations. Full-time 37.5 hours per week, Monday through Friday.
What's around it?
Westmont, ILFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about the same as the US average
- Median rent
- $1,533/mo
- Household income
- $88,090/yr, all local households, not nurse pay